Lining for box-cars.



G. H. CLARK. LINING FOR BOX CARS.

APPLIOATION'FILED SEPT. 14, 1908.

Patented Apr.'20, 1909.

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LINING FOR BOX GARS. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 14, 1908.

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\ CHARLES H. CLARK, OF GRAFTON, PENNSYLVANIA. i

LINING FOR BOX-CARS.

Application filed September 14, 1908. Serial N0. 452,835.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES H. CLARK, a resident of Grafton, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in vented certain new and useful. Improvements in Linings for Box-Cars, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to box car linin s, and has particular reference to linings or metal cars, and the fixed or permanent linings hereinafter described are designed primarily for cars of that type, while the removable lining may be applied to cars constructed of either metal or wood,-.as much of the novelty resides in the mode of removably securing the lining without regard to the material of which the car is constructed even though as above indicated the improvements are especially adapted-to metal'cars.

A further object of this invention is to providea car lining of such construction that any part thereof may be removed and re- I placed without disturbing other parts, the

means employed for accomplishing this being of such simple construction that a broken or damaged part may be replaced by unskilled persons without sending the car to a sho for repairs.

fie removable fastening means is preferably so constructed as to hold or clamp the lining boards in position by merely engaging their edgesand not passing therethrough, so that the lining is readyfor use as soon as it is cut to size, Means of improved construction is also rovided for securing the lining at the vertica corners of the car.

In adapting the removable lining to a metal car, a further feature is the mode of utilizing the vertical stiffeners for spacin the lining inwardly from theside plates an for su porting the securing devices.

he invention also includes improved means for removably securing the ceiling, be-

ing designed with s ecial referenceto a roof having outside car ines, as shown in the Summers and Clark patent, No. 893,27 9, July 14, 1908. i v

-VVith these and other objects in view, as will presently appear, the invention consists in the novel features of. construction, and in the combination of parts, hereinafter fully described and claimed and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, wherein:

Flgure 1 is an outline view in side elevation of a portion of a box car embodying the invention, and 2 is an end view of the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 20, 1909.

same. Fig. 3 is a fully developed section of the construction. on line 3'3 of Fig. 1, and Figs. 4, 5 and 6 are similar views taken on lines 44, 55 and 66, respectively, of

Fig. 2. Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views showing fixed or permanent linings designed especially for metal cars. 7

"referring to the drawings, 2 designates the girder-forming side plates, and 3 the bottom cord thereof. .The roof sheets 4; are extended downward around and riveted to the outer.

legs o f'the inverted U-shaped top cords 5 of the side plates, thespan or spread of the cord members corresponding to the full thickness of the lined side wall. Exterior carlines are provided for the roof in manner shown in the above mentioned patent, the edges of the plates being turned upwardly at 6, with the flanges of adjacent sheets embraced by the cord member 7 of inverted U-form, and with rivets passing through the latter and through the sheet flanges, as shown. i

Inthe preferred adaptationof the invention the roof lining or ceiling boards 8 and the wall lining boards 8 are arranged in groups or sections corresponding to the space between the carlines and between the s'tiffeners, the ceiling securing means being coincident with the carlines and wall lining securers with the stiffeners. The boards are out in lengths corresponding to the distance between adjacent carlines and between adjacent stifleners, so that the board ends form the edges of the linin sections or groups which receive the detac able securmg means, In using the termboards in the description and claims, I mean to include anyand alliforms of. lining adapted for the which t of. may be employed to advantage. Also, the

side and ceiling linings maybe formedof urpose regardless ofthe material of iie same is formed; and regardless of size, length, width and arrangement-there In some cases corrugated sheetmetal,

edges, as indicated at 11, to forma backing for the lining boards. The socket-like holding and s acing element thus formed cooperates wit a securing member which enters between the boards, said member being sha ed from a strip of metal doubled upon itsef to form the central head-like part 12 which enters between the opposite bulges 10. The edges of the securing device are turned laterally in opposite directions, as indicated at 13, and are spaced from edges 11 of the fixed members a distance corresponding to the thickness of boards 8, thus confining the edges of adjacent rows of boards, as shown. The ceiling boards at the ends of the car are held between the fixed angular members 14 and 14, as indicated at the right hand side of Fig. 4.

Boards 8 which line the side walls ofthe car are .preferably arranged in vertical courses, fixed means bein provided for detachably holding one en or edge of each course and detachable holding means for the opposite end. As here shown, the boards of each course correspond in length to the space between adjacent vertical stiffeners 15 for form a socket.

courses line up as shown.

side plates 2, so that at each stiffener one course is held by fixed means and the adjacent course by removable means. Stifieners 15 are each preferably of U form with a spread corresponding to the thickness of the lined wall, and the inner an le thereof cooperates with angle 16 rivete to the stiffener to form'a channel which receives one ed e of the lining course.- Secured to the back of the stiffener is the flexible strip-like member 17 which cooperates with the stiffener to Edge 17 of member 17 forms a backing for the course of boards held by the detachable'device, so that all the The holding members which cooperate with the sockets 'consist each of a strip bent to provide a curved socket-entering inner portion 18 and an angular outer ortion 19 which overlaps the boards, as s own. such that with the course of boards in place,

the detachable holding device may be entered in the-socket where it is frictionally held and i the boards secured.

When assembling the side lihing, the boards of each course are first inserted in the fixed holding means, and when the course is completed, the removable holder is sprung into place. Conversely, to take down the linings, the removable holding devices are first taken out, after which-the boards may be readily turned outward and Withdrawn from the'fixed device holding their opposite ends. The lower board of each course is preferably sli ped behind an an le 20 riveted to the con-thereby securey holding and protecting their lower edges.

At the vertical corners of the lining, the two right angle courses of boards 8 are backed u by a pair of strip or plate members 21 w ich are riveted together and each purpose.

The formation is riveted between its edges to side plates 2. The edges of these members distant from the corner angle are bent inward at 22 to form backings for the boards. The inner portions of members 2-1 are bulged inwardly at 24 to form a socket, and this socket receives head 25 of the corner clamping member 26, the edges of the latter being disposed at right angles to each other and bearing against and holding one edge of each course, as clearly shown in Fig. 5. hen device 26 is in place, the extremities of the right angle courses'ai'e securely held, but upon being withdrawn from the socket the boards may be readily taken out.

In those forms of cars in which packed walls are desired, the space between the outer plates and the lining may be filled with saw dust or other suitable material, such fillings being indicated at 27.

While the lining above described is removably held and may be readily taken down, it is nevertheless quite as substantial and fully as serviceable as a lining built into a car and permanently fastened.

Of the numerous advantages of the removable lining, one is the ease and rapidity with which a car thus constructed may be lined, or an old lining removed and a new one inserted. It is also of particular advantage that repairs may be quickly and fully made by unskilled persons and without special tools, thus rendering it unnecessary to send a damaged car to a shop for that It is further characteristic of the removable lining that the boards or other material may be cut to size in large quantities and kept at hand as required, thus greatly decreasing the cost and save material as compared with the special cutting of a considerable quantity of lumber for each car lined as at present.

The fixed lining for metal or so-called steel cars may be constructed as shown in Figs. 7 and 8. In Fig. 7 the lining 30 is formed in lengths or sections which fit between adjacent stiffeners 15 and is permanently held closely adjacent to the side plates 2 by angles, 31 secured to the stiffeners. There may be a space 32 between the lining and the side lates corresponding to the thickness of the aterally extending inner leg of the stiffeners, the'leg spacing one edge of the lining from the outer plates, and a wire, rod or other spacing element 33 inserted back of the lining ad'acent the other stiffener. Thus all parts of t e lining are held a uniform distance from the outer plates. In the adaptation of Fig. 8, a wood backing 34 is bolted to each of stiffeners 15, and the lining 30 is nailed thereto. In this arrangement, the lining maybe in any desired lengths; and with the removable lining above described, the width or depth of the dead space behind the lining is determined by the width of the stifleners. I

' erases I claim:

1. In a "car lining, lining boards, Tandxsecuring means -'detachably'eonnected t0 the ear and-to the-edges 'ofthe boards for removably securing the latter.

2. In a car lining, lini g boards, holding means secured to the car, and. board securi-n means detachablyengaging the boards }8.T 1 held by the holding means.

3. fn-a car l'ning, lining boards, and board securing means inserted between the edges of -ad'acent boards; 7

4. a car lining, lining boards, a "yielding socket,= forming-member secured to the car, and board holding means detachably held by thesooketforming'rmember.

5,, In aear'lining, lining boards, backingmeans for the boards, and detachable jboard securing means engaging. the front faces 'of the boards and extending between theedges of adjacent boards.

6. In a car lining, lining boards, holding devices secured to the car and formlng a backing for the boards, an'da securing device entered between the edges of adj acent boards and held by the holding means, the securing device having laterally extended portions which overlap the front faces of the boards. 7. In awall lining for cars, lining boards-'- separated from each other toformvvertical spaces for securing devices, elongated securing devices disposed vertically and entering between the boards and detachably engaging thelatter, and means for holding the securing devices to the wallfof the car. A 8. In a wall lining for cars, lining boards separatedfrom eac'h'other to form spaces for securing means, and securing meanssentered in each of said spaces and connected to the Wall of the car, the securing means consisting of a fixed part with which the lining atone side .is detachably engaged and a movable part which detachably engages the lining at the other side of the space. Y

9. In a wall lining for cars, side,plates and vertical stiffeners therefor forming a backing for the lining, a lining bearing against the stifl'eners, a fixed device cooperating withthe stiffeners to form a channel-like holder.

for'one edge of the lining, and means for detachably holding another edgeof the lining. 10. .In awall-lining for cars, side'plates,

flanged stiifeners at the inner surface thereof,

lining, an angle piece at each stiflener 00-.

' holder for an edge of the lining),

the opposite'ed e of the lining.

operating therewith to form a channel-like and removable s'ecuring means detacha 1y engaging 11. In a wa lining'for cars, side plates, flanged stifieners at the inner sides thereof, a

- lining formed in sections, each stiffener forming a bearing surface for one edge of a lining section, a member secured to the stiflener and cooperating with the latter to form a channel-like holder for the lining, a member fiked to form abaeking for-the edge or the located at a corner and shaped to form a holdmgdev-ice, lining sections disposed angular ly to eachother, and securing means common to the angularly arranged sections and detachably held by the holding means.

13. Ina wall lining for cars, a vertical core 'nercons'truction consisting of means located at a corner between the lining and the, outer surface of the car and formed with an inwardly facing socket, the angular 1y arranged lmlng sections, and securing means common toand entered between the sections and formed to be detachably held by the said socket. I 14. in a wall lining for cars, a vertical cor- 'n'e'r construction consisting of two upright members "located at a corner between the inner and outer surfaces of the car wall and secured to the outer surface thereof, said mem- "bers secured togetherand their adjoining edges shaped to form an inwardly facing socket, the outer edges of the members disposed in the planes of the respective lining sections, lining sections bearing against said edges, and securing means common to the sections and entered therebetween and formed with a head-like portion which is detacbably held by the socket.

15. In a lining for cars, a socket forming member fixed to a car and having an edge which forms a lining backing, lining, and a fastening member having an edge embracing the; outer face of the board, said member entered between the edges of adjacent boards detachably held by the and curved to be socket member. I j

16. In a car lining, the outer plates of a car, flanged .stifieners at the inner surface thereof and providing.bearing surfaces for, liningboards, a member secured to each stiflener and combining with the latter to form a channel for holding the edge of a lining board, a socket forming member secured to the stifiener and spaced from said angular stripmember and forming. a bearing for the inner surface of the next adjacent lining board, and'a bent up strip-like member having an edge. turned to embrace the outer surface of thelast named lining board and curvedto enter between the said socketforming member and the stiffener and frictionally held thereby; 17 A top' lining for cars consisting of lining boards, and removable holding means entered between the edges of adjacent boards for detachably securing the latter in lace.

18. l In a top lining for cars, lining oards, members "fixed to the roof and depending therefrom and forming backings for the lining boards, and board securing means endevice detachably held in said socket.

20. In a top lining for cars, two oppositely bent holding members secured to and depending from the roof with their lower edges forming bearing surfaces for thelining boards and 'a space between said members forming a socket, lining boards, and ,a holding device consisting of a strip of metal doubled upon itself with the edges thereof turned oppositely to embrace the outer surfaces of adjacent boards, thedoubled portion of the device entered between the boards and detachably held by the socket forming members.

21. In a top lining for cars, members fixed in the corners of the car beneath the roof to form channels for lining boards, series of lin ing boards having the boards of the outer series secured in said channels and with the edges of the boards of adjacent series spaced apart, and securing means entered through said spaces and detachably supported by the roo 22. The combination of the side plates of a car, atop cord therefor consisting of an inverted U-shaped channel having its outer edge secured to the side plates, said channel having a span or spread corresponding to the thickness of the side wall and its lining, means secured to the inner ,edge of the cord for detachably holding the edges of the lining boards, means for removably holding the outer edges of the boards, and roof plates having their outer edges bent downward over and secured to the outer portion of the cordforming channel.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES H. CLARK. 

